This was made for my Italian Exchange Student. The colors are his favorites. Some of the blocks have meaning: Card Trick, because he liked to play cards and he could do card tricks, Jacob's Ladder because that is my husband's name, Marion's Choice because that is my name, Cat's Cradle because the cat loved being in his room. I also found some blocks entitled Roman Stripe, Roman Cross, and Italian Tiles. He is a typical Italian: he was appalled not only that we put pineapple in pizza, but also hamburgers, chicken burgers, roast ham...so there was no choice but to put 4 large Pineapple blocks in the corners!
